Imre Nagy : a biography /

Imre Nagy : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rainer, M. János.
Uniform title:	Nagy Imre. English.
Imprint:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:	xxvi, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Communist lives ; 2 Communist lives ; v. 2.
Subject:	Nagy, Imre, -- 1896-1958. Nagy, Imre, -- 1896-1958. Revolution (Hungary : 1956) Prime ministers -- Hungary -- Biography. Communists -- Hungary -- Biography. Communists. Prime ministers. Hungary -- History -- 1945-1989. Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956. Hungary. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7797190

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Other authors / contributors:	Legters, Lyman Howard, 1928-
ISBN:	9781845119591 1845119592
Notes:	Originally published in Hungarian under title: Nagy Imre. Budapest : Vince Kiadó, c2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index. Translated from the Hungarian.
Summary:	This definitive biography of Imre Nagy, the Communist leader, traces his life from his conventional, petty bourgeois childhood in south-west Hungary, through his tremendous political achievements and ultimate dramatic failure.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Series Foreword
Foreword
Preface to the English Edition
1. Beginnings
2. To Remain a Communist
3. Fifteen Years in Moscow
4. Forced March Towards Socialism
5. Up the Ladder
6. The New Course
7. Victory and Defeat
8. In Opposotion
9. Revolution
10. Endgame
11. November the Fourth
12. The Verdict
13. Facing Death - Alone
14. The Legacy
15. Post Mortem
16. Resurrection
Notes
Glossary of Persons
Select Bibliography
Index